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Any Fetchie (rock) climbers out there?

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heebiejeebie May 2011 4:52pm, 17 May 2011 1,511 posts	0 heebiejeebie Looks like I won't be climbing thin month either - too much real life going on. And all that running...
Yorkshire Pie May 2011 5:08pm, 17 May 2011 8,519 posts	0 Yorkshire Pie I haven't done much for a while. Up in the Lakes/Scotland next week though and taking the climbing gear so I might give it a go outside for the first time...
MudMeanderer May 2011 9:47pm, 17 May 2011 138 posts	0 MudMeanderer Oh, yeah, must remember to check the database for crags
Dvorak May 2011 9:57pm, 17 May 2011 4,203 posts	0 Dvorak Not strictly climbing, but I have just watched this and though it might interest some bbc.co.uk It does include an ascent of the Inaccessible Pinnacle on Skye (about 40-45 minutes in, I think).
Mountain Cat May 2011 9:33am, 18 May 2011 2,222 posts	0 Mountain Cat I'm saving that for when I do the traverse all in one go (current plan is spring 2012, but totally weather dependent).
Velociraptor May 2011 9:38am, 18 May 2011 15,923 posts	0 Velociraptor THAT sounds exciting, MC We did chunks of the ridge a couple of years ago, but not the In Pin because there was a huge group of Dutch teenagers waiting to go up and life's too short to queue on a mountain. It looked straightforward enough, though I do quite fancy doing a full traverse sometime
Mountain Cat May 2011 9:51am, 18 May 2011 2,224 posts	0 Mountain Cat The Inn Pinn is only a Mod (if you do the E ridge of it), so very easy but exposed. The ridge can be done direct at V.Diff / Severe, so still not hard but you need to be able to move quickly on it (i.e. not pitching much). Apparently if you avoid the difficult bits the lowest grade for the ridge is Mod, but that doesn't really appeal tbh. The Cuillin traverse attempt may possibly be brought forward to this autumn (it's a toss up between that and Knoydart). You need dry weather for it though, so that may end up being the deciding factor. Drizzle/clag = Knoydart!
Velociraptor May 2011 10:01am, 18 May 2011 15,927 posts	0 Velociraptor We had a glorious opportunity one May - beautiful weather, had been dry for weeks. If only we'd taken another few days on the island ... and we had an absolutely foul week the previous August, when it rained the whole time and we only made one summit on the ridge and, due to an elementary error at sea level, it wasn't the one we thought it was. Downclimbing the Eag Dubh without protection was possibly the scariest thing I've done that didn't involve a car. And a full ridge traverse doesn't take in the Great Stone Shoot, does it? I hate that particular geological phenomenon with a passion.
Mountain Cat May 2011 12:29pm, 18 May 2011 2,225 posts	0 Mountain Cat No it doesn't (thankfully)!
MudMeanderer Sep 2011 8:25pm, 6 Sep 2011 294 posts	0 MudMeanderer Some of you climbery types may appreciate this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyIJ_c5dXSE&feature=share